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A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
—Samovarkov
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere. An odd young man is arrested near the scene of the latest murder, who has a strange effect on everyone who comes into contact with him. Detective Takabe starts a series of interrogations to determine the man's connection with the killings.
—Todd K. Bowman
The police detective Kenichi Takabe is investigating bizarre murders where the victims are brutally murdered with an X carved on the neck. However, each killer is immediately arrested and confesses the murder, but cannot explain the motives to kill the victim. Takabe is working with the psychologist Makoto Sakuma and they are intrigued since all the killers had contact with a stranger immediately before the murder. Takabe is a troubled man since his mentally unstable wife Fumie is a burden in his life. When a physician kills a man in a public restroom, Takabe discloses the identity of the stranger. He is the intern of the hospital Kunio Mamiya that had consultation with the doctor.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Cure (1997)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa's film was originally titled Evangelist, but the title was changed because the Tokyo subway sarin attack by Aum Shinrikyo happened while the film was in production, and a Daiei Film producer suggested Cure to avoid any suggestion of a religious cult link to the crimes.
- Cure is considered a forerunner of the explosion of Japanese horror media in the late 1990s and early 2000s, arriving ahead of other releases such as Hideo Nakata's Ring.
